Dr. Simos Zenios (Center Associate Director and Stavros Niarchos Foundation & Ioannis P. and Eirini Caloyeras Lecturer in Modern Greek Language and Culture) will be offering a lectureon the poetry of Dionysios Solomos this coming Tuesday, June 27, at the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. The lecture, which is titled “Ο Διονύσιος Σολωμός, από την αρχή: Νέα ποίηση για μια επαναστατική εποχή,” will be delivered in Greek and it will also be livestreamed on YouTube. For further information about the event and streaming links, please see: https://bit.ly/3NKd8IA.
The lecture is part of the exhibition “Dionysios Solomos… two flames… Manolis Charos,” which Dr. Zenios co-curated. The exhibition brings together paintings by renowned Greek artist Manolis Charos and rare books and manuscripts from the collections of the Gennadius Library. To read more about the exhibition, see: https://bit.ly/3PmIruq.